One person wounded in Southcenter shooting From Seattle Post Intelligencer Tukwila police detained four people after a man was shot Wednesday night during an altercation outside the Westfield Mall at Southcenter. After the shooting, the mall went into lockdown, with many customers taking cover and hiding inside, even though the shooting occurred outside. The shooting came weeks after the Feb. 22 shooting outside Northgate Mall in Seattle.

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Erickson, Grazioli, Cogdell qualify for Olympics in trap shooting From International Herald Tribune KERRVILLE, Texas : Bret Erickson qualified for his fourth Olympic team in trap shooting, winning the men's competition Wednesday in the U.S. shotgun shooting trials. In a new Olympic event for 2010 six skiers compete head to head against bumps, turns, the clock and each other... Celebrating their team's win in Super Bowl XLII, New York greeted the returning champions with a ticker-tape p...

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Police investigating fatal shooting on I-10 From Los Angeles Times A Rancho Cucamonga woman was shot in the head Wednesday night while driving eastbound on the San Bernardino Freeway. The 54-year-old Rancho Cucamonga woman was shot in the head while driving eastbound west of White Avenue shortly before 10:34 p.m. Wednesday, said California Highway Patrol Officer Francisco Villalobos.

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Man jailed for life for shooting pregnant woman From Telegraph.co.uk Thomas Hughes, 40, gunned down 22-year-old Krystal Hart on her doorstep after hearing of an argument between Miss Hart and her neighbour, his girlfriend. Hughes' girlfriend, Angie Brewer, lived below Miss Hart and was "almost obsessive" over noise that came from the upstairs flat. The gun used to kill Miss Hart was never found but Miss Brewer said Hughes had shown another gun to her in the months leading up to the murder.

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French charity suspends some operations in Central African ... From International Herald Tribune DAKAR, Senegal : The French charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said Thursday it has suspended some operations in Central African Republic after an unidentified gunman fired on one of its ambulances, killing a woman. The government has said the rebels were supported by neighboring Sudan. Regional experts have warned that conflicts in neighboring Sudan and Chad may be spilling over the border into Central African Republic, where large areas have been wracked by a low-level internal conflict for...

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